This is the third of the Raven trilogy. Raven and his Norse friends
narrowly escaped in their longboats from the Franks at the end of the
last book, and in doing so saved two groups of Danes and their boats.
Now the four boats have headed south in search of more treasure.
They
run into a group unknown to them that are fierce fighters, but have
strange wrappings around their heads. They also don't worship the
Christian god, but bow down twice a day in prayer to the sound of some
strange chanting.
Further south they pass the Pillars of Hercules. As they head east for Constantinople, their ultimate goal,
they run into sea raiders with whom they do battle. Later as winter
settles in they find an island to create a winter camp on. After the
winter the group move on to Rome, where they are left in awe of the huge
structures.
In Rome, Raven and two of his friends end up fighting in a
battle to the death as part of a bet by his jarl. Unfortunately his
friend, Bram, is killed, but they win the bet and plenty of silver.
This victory will set them onto their next adventure and on to
Constantinople.
Author Giles Kristian tells of a great battle the
Norsemen fight in Constantinople as he draws the reader to the
conclusion of this saga. An intensely good read.
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